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Huawei’s new Mate 30 phones to run on open-source version of Android: MUHAMMAD BILAL MUNICH: Huawei’s new Mate 30 smartphone range will run on an open-source version of Google’s Android operating system, a source familiar with the matter said ahead of a major launch event in Germany on Thursday. The world’s No.2 smartphone maker Huawei has not been able to license the latest version of Android from Google, the Alphabet unit, because of an export ban imposed To Huawei  by the U.S. government in May. Equally, the flagship 5G device will not be able to use Google Mobile Services in Huawei Mobiles to access the Play Store and download apps like Gmail, Youtube or Maps. Instead, Huawei will offer its own interface that will allow users to access some Google apps. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Huawei Mate 30 would go on sale “soon” in Europe, a key battleground for the Chinese company huawei as it seeks to win back market share i...

Here’s How Government Has Actually Reduced Tax Collection for SmartPhones: Muhammad Bilal DIRBS – a system to regulate the import of commercial and personal smartphones into the country – generated around PKR 6.5 billion in taxes. The numbers show that the new system has apparently lowered the tax collection by around PKR 7 billion due to reduced consumption of data services by end-users. This essentially means that DIRBS, while it has tangible benefits, has also actually impacted the uptake of smartphones and has resulted into lower data usage by the consumers, which resulted into decreased tax collection by the government on data services. ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) for a feature phone is around PKR 239 while the ARPU on 3G network is around PKR 370, which goes up to PKR 531 for a 4G subscriber. GST share from this ARPU for 2G, 3G and 4G user stands are PKR 61, PKR 95 and PKR 136 respectively, clearly indicating that a user on a 3G or 4G networ...